"Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov (Russian: \u0412\u0438\u043A\u0442\u043E\u0440 \u0412\u0438\u043A\u0442\u043E\u0440\u043E\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0427\u0438\u0440\u043A\u043E\u0432; born September 8, 1959, in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian admiral and the former commander of the Baltic Fleet. On 6 May 2012, he was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, succeeding Vladimir Vysotsky, who had occupied the post for almost five years."@en . "1957Z"^^ . "Russian Navy" . "Viktor V. Chirkov"@en . . "*" . "1977Z"^^ . "Russian Navy admiral" . . . . "Chirkov, Viktor"@en . "Baltic Fleet" . "1957-09-08Z"^^ .